Promote Your Products Across Internet Auction Web Sites

Once you subscribe to the bCentral Commerce Manager service, you can take your e-commerce functionality one step farther by promoting your products across Internet auction sites like MSN eShop auctions and Fair Market Auctions with an optional upgrade package. With bCentral Auctions by Fair Market you can buy and sell business surplus supplies, equipment and assets through the Web's largest online auction, classified and sales network. Here is a list of the Business Categories:

  • Books & Magazines
  • Computers
  • Equipment & Supplies
  • Miscellaneous
  • Office
  • Other Goods & Services
  • Travel & Vacations
  • Uniforms & Business Dress

To access auctions functionality via the bCentral Commerce Manager Add-in for Microsoft® FrontPage®, open your Web site in FrontPage 2002 and do the following:

  1. From the Tools menu, select E-commerce and then click View Seller Console….
  2. Login to the bCentral Commerce Manager online service.
  3. Under Marketplace Manager, click bCentral Auctions, review the terms and conditions statement, and select Continue.
  4. On the Commerce Manager Channel Specfic Defaults page, select your Auction Defaults and click Next.
  5. On the bCentral Sign in page, enter your email address in Sign-in name, password and click Sign In.

    Note: Do not use your bCentral account login and password. Use your Passport login information. If you do not have a Passport account, follow the instructions on the login page to create a new account.
     
  6. Fill out the registration form and complete the sign up process.

To submit products to bCentral Auctions, do the following:

  1. Go to the Seller Console page and select bCentral Auctions from the left-hand navigation bar under Marketplace Manager.
  2. Your full list of Catalog products is shown.
  3. Select the Products, and choose the quantity of each product. Then you can successfully submit to MSN Auctions.
  4. Click Submit.

More information

For more information about promoting your products across Internet auction web sites, see Microsoft bCentral Help.